RobotStats DOCUMENT_ROOT parameter file include

robotstats-documentroot-file-include (41690)

Medium Risk

Description:

RobotStats could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the graph.php or robotstats.inc.php script using the DOCUMENT_ROOT parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector:	Network
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	6.4
Exploitability:	Proof-of-Concept
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.

References:

• RobotStats Web site: RobotStats: the Crawlers Tracker - Tracking Spiders Script.
• BID-28615: RobotStats 'DOCUMENT_ROOT' Parameter Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
• CVE-2008-6206: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in RobotStats 0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the DOCUMENT_ROOT parameter to (1) graph.php and (2) robotstats.inc.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
• OSVDB ID: 52105: RobotStats graph.php DOCUMENT_ROOT Parameter Remote File Inclusion
• OSVDB ID: 52106: RobotStats robotstats.inc.php DOCUMENT_ROOT Parameter Remote File Inclusion

Platforms Affected:

• RobotStats RobotStats 0.1

Reported:

Apr 04, 2008

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